Unfortunately, you're being contradictory. You can't vote out the incumbents by voting for the third party -- alone. If you want a third party (or indepent) to have a chance, you have to actively campaign for the candidate. Even then, it will be an uphill battle that you'll probably lose.

Jefferson?!? You mean John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition acts. Jefferson got them to go away.

Optimist.

Is there are reason that we haven't heard about the Clinton's FBI's Carnivore (or descendants of carnivore) lately?

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad we're hearing about Obama's continuation of Bush's domestic spying. But just wondering why we aren't hearing about Obama continuing Clinton's domestic spying.

I have a computer science degree, should I read a few engineering books and sell myself as an electrical engineer? Maybe if I dabble with stuff picked up at the Radio Shack fire sale first?

Most computer scientists that I have come across hate the code generated by most electrical engineers. There are damn few exceptions. EEs tend to think "if it works, it's right" and then proceed to generate hideous code that is impossible to maintain (but it ran for their test cases, next problem). The only exception that I know of is an EE I work with that has absolutely no ego involved and asks for design and coding help at the proper junctures. Over the last ten years he's effectively been given a course in CS.

So, please, no. Just because you can rub a few lines of code together, don't consider yourself a professional software developer. I applaud the interviewers for delving into CS theory and rejecting you because of your lack of knowledge on your chosen field.

If they ever promote the link to erectile dysfunction, tobacco companies will lose half their customers.

Why was this marked troll? If governments in the United States were not getting $17B a year in tax revenue would it still be legal?

I notice that if you blame big phrama (next entry down) you get modded "interesting". Blame tax revenues and you get marked "troll".

No kidding. They should have said browse the solar system. Everyone knows that explore has an inherent Microsoft bias.

This statement of yours alone makes my case that there are too many ignorant and stupid people out there. Not only are you ignorant -- even after having read what I wrote -- but you're full of condescending bull-sh*t. I realize that you're probably a victim of the public education system, but go back and sound out the words real slowly and try to understand them as you go. You'll find that I was expressly against taking their vote away.

But, WTF, like so many, why let the facts get in your way.

I think you missed my point. I don't object to people voting: young, old, rich, poor, white, black, brown, yellow, red, green, and blue. I object to ignorant people voting. I object to stupid people voting. I even stated that I will defend their right to vote; but encouraging someone who is stupid or ignorant to vote, that's just stupid.

Completely off topic, but everyone keeps saying how bad it is that so few people actually vote. When I go to Wal-Mart and look around, I'm glad so few people vote. I think a case can be made that too many ignorant and/or stupid people vote.

Yes, we have to protect their right to vote, but I'm pretty sure it's stupid to be encouraging them.